The three women nearby nodded in agreement to show their response.

Listening to Rachel's words, Lynn's eyes couldn't help but sparkle.

If all four of them can weave armor plates, then can't they start crafting padded armor?

In Lynn's view, whether a pure plate armor or pure padded armor, both have obvious drawbacks.

Just like the standard plate armor cast using the sand box mold now, the level of protection is one thing.

Being cast in one piece, the weight of all the plate armor components combined reaches over fifty pounds just by itself!

Wearing it for a long time will drastically drain a soldier's stamina.

The wearer becomes sluggish in movement, making agile actions like running and jumping impossible without a strong physique.

On the ever-changing battlefield, lack of combat flexibility easily leads to missed opportunities, and might even make it hard to dodge enemy's nimble attacks.

The production requires a large amount of iron, but for Lynn who has an open-pit iron mine that can be mined and smelted, it's not much of an issue.

However, smelting pig iron into wrought iron will consume a lot of anthracite fuel.

This wastes massive amounts of manpower and resources.

What's more crucial is that plate armor wraps the soldiers' bodies tightly, and is extremely conductive to heat.

Plate armor is as cold as ice in winter, and as hot as a branding iron in summer, easily leading to heatstroke and dehydration!

And pure padded armor has its drawbacks too.

Padded armor is woven from armor plates, and there are more or less gaps between the plates.

If faced with sharp weapons or crossbow arrows, it's very easy for them to pierce through the gaps, causing soldier casualties.

The production is time-consuming; every single armor plate needs to be made separately, from cutting and grinding metal to shaping, punching, and weaving, with complicated processes.

But!

He can completely combine plate armor and padded armor!

Use a sand box mold to make key parts like chest armor and helmet, cast them in one piece for higher defense performance.

Other areas like abdominal armor, shoulder armor, and even leg armor, which require high mobility, can all be replaced with padded armor.

In this way, it ensures soldiers' safety, reduces the weight of armor, and enhances soldiers' mobility!

Kill two birds with one stone!

Not only that.

The vest needed later can completely use padded armor.

A warhorse's run almost involves all its muscles in motion, making it impossible to use cast vests.

The most crucial thing is.

Once Foreman Yimini's textile workshop finishes processing the current linen cloth and coarse wool into bedding, they will enter idle time again.

Rather than letting them go to various positions for labor without any proficiency.

It's better to have them stationed at the blacksmith workshop to weave the prepared iron plates into armor plates.

This not only improves the efficiency and speed of the blacksmith workshop's armor production but also makes good use of the labor in the textile workshop.

An almost perfect arrangement!

Lynn looked at Rachel, "If I ask you to assist Foreman Yimini at the textile workshop, lead two hundred textile workers to start weaving armor plates, can you do it?"

Rachel's face showed a slight pause, but the next second, she spoke cheerfully, "Of course, Master Lynn! That would be fantastic!"

Working every day, Rachel naturally prefers to stay in her comfort area doing what she is skilled at.

Lynn nodded, "I'll have Guards take you to the textile workshop. Weaving armor plates work won't start right away; for now, assist Foreman Yimini in making coarse wool bedding."

Rachel and the four others bent over nearly ninety degrees, with words full of gratitude, "Thank you, Lord."

After sending them off, Lynn had Guards lead them to the textile workshop.

A reform of the standard plate armor is necessary.

The initial production of standard plate armor was simply because of the lack of more technically skilled labor.

Moreover, facing external threats, it was necessary to create armed forces that could battle enemies in the shortest possible time.

But now, as labor force increases in the territory, and more personnel have various skills and abilities.

All processes, buildings, and equipment in the territory naturally need to advance day by day.

With this in mind.

Lynn couldn't help but marvel at the power of the Resident Information Column feature.

As long as they are townsmen in his territory, he can filter them to have various skilled townsmen.

No need to worry about overlooked townsmen leading to inefficient use of their abilities.

As Lynn marveled.

Two men and a woman, led by Guards, came to his front.

Lynn glanced at them, "Brendan, Nora, Betina!"

Just like Avery at the start, the three of them held a look of surprise on their faces.

Although they registered their house information before moving into the red brick house.

They never met the Lord individually, let alone introduced their names to the Lord.

Could it be Master Lynn, the Lord, actually reviews the registration information of those who moved into the red brick house?

Lynn continued, "Tell me about your previous work."

Listening to Lynn's words, the three exchanged glances.

Ultimately.

Betina, with short golden hair, began to speak.

"Master, we previously worked on the ranch of the former Lord."

Level 3 Breeding skills, if you mention another job.

Lynn wouldn't mind dragging them out for execution.

"Continue."

Although feeling puzzled, Betina still honestly recounted, "Master, our job roles are somewhat different."

"I am responsible for livestock breeding, collecting milk, and caring for progeny and younglings."

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